‎Sports‎

‎Grey Zane‎

‎The Bonefish Brigade‎

‎1922. First separate edition reprinted from Izaak Walton League Monthly. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author holding his hat his rod and his bonefish illustrated by Bessie Bethal Crank. vi 18 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Printed grey wrappers printed in green and red "Christmas Greetings" upper left and a candle lower right. Fine copy with ink note across front cover "With the best of good wishes for the best of good fishes Mr & Mrs. Will. H. Dilg". Custom blue half morocco dropbox. First separate edition reprinted from Izaak Walton League Monthly. Frontispiece photographic portrait of the author holding his hat his rod and his bonefish illustrated by Bessie Bethal Crank. vi 18 pp. 1 vols. 12mo. RARE ZANE GREY PAMPHLET. Privately printed Christmas greeting from Zane Grey recounting how he and his brother came to fish at Long Key and many of the characters he encountered. The book was issued in a very small edition reprinting an article first published in the Izaak Walton League Monthly. William Dilg was a friend and correspondent of Zane Grey who founded the Izaak Walton League in 1922 as a conservation and angling group. Within the space of four years and with the support of Zane Grey Emerson Hough Stewart Edward White and other writers Dilg had built it into an influential nationwide organization with more than 200000 members and some 2500 local chapters. In 1926 DIlg was ousted as president of the league amid some controversy. The Forest and Stream issue for June 1926 reports on the controversy and bears the headline "ZANE GREY Declares for WILL H. DILG" and includes an open letter from Grey stating that he had resigned from the League and giving his reasons for a call to resist the commercial interests that displaced Dilg who served as League president and as editor of the monthly Magazine. A four-page Typed Letter signed Bill" from Dilg to Zane Grey dated 2 August 1926 restates Dilg's complaint about the actions of the "Junta" and proposes a plan for action by Grey in support of Dilg and the interests of the league's members. The organization Dilg founded still exists and pursues conservation initiatives. The Bonefish Brigade is RARE and the present copy is inscribed by the editor who founded the Izaak Walton League and commissioned the piece with a notable letter pleading for Grey's support. Not in Bruns or Sheets; Myers E. and J.: A Bibliographical Check List And Price Guide For The Writings Of R.C. Grey Romer Grey and Zane Grey p. 24; Heller 2:841 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 260490

‎Hidy Vernon S. "Pete‎

‎Typed Letter Signed "Pete" to Baird Foster‎

‎Sellersville Pa 1941. 2 pp. single-spaced approx. 750 words signed in ink at foot of second page. 4to. Old folds. Fine mailing envelope with some soiling and staining. 2 pp. single-spaced approx. 750 words signed in ink at foot of second page. 4to. Hidy on Leisenring the Brodheads 'Purists' and the Catskills. Informative and chatty letter to Baird Foster future rod-maker and member of the Anglers' Club of New York on angling topics including much about James E. Leisenring 1878-1951 "getting to see how familiarity with a stream solves many problems which are otherwise impossible" plans for fishing the Brodheads and more. Hidy mentions sending a few Leisenring flies "for your scrutiny and pleasure" but these were evidently used or studied and are not present. Together Leisenring and Hidy wrote a twentieth-century American angling classic The Art of Tying the Wet Fly 1941. In a 1960 reminiscence of Leisenring and wet-fly fishing Hidy wrote "Trout fisherman James Leisenring's life was a bachelor's odyssey that took him from his Delaware Valley home to the more primitive waters tumbling out of the Rockies and the Sierra. East and West anglers remember him fondly: a tall bronzed man with piercing brown eyes sensitive to all that was happening in and along a stream." A choice letter in the same year as the publication of The Art of Tying the Wet Fly. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 265550

‎Egan Van Gorman‎

‎Tyee. The Story of the Tyee Club of British Columbia‎

‎Campbell River BC: Ptarmigan Press 1988. First Edition number 59 of 180 copies signed by the author and publisher. Illustrated. x 208 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bonded crimson leather. Very Fine in slipcase. First Edition number 59 of 180 copies signed by the author and publisher. Illustrated. x 208 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Ptarmigan Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 263282

‎Derrydale Press Brown Paul‎

‎Aintree. Grand Nationals - Past and Present‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1930. Deluxe Issue no. 17 of 50 copies signed by Brown on the half-title and with a full page pen-and-ink drawing signed and dated by Brown. Illustrated by the Author and from photographs. Introduction by Henry G. Vaughn M.F.H. 191 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Bound in full red morocco with gilt-stamped emblematic tooling. Partially unopened. Textblock somewhat toned. Faint dampstains at outermost half-inch of top and fore-margins most noticeable at first and last few leaves lighter elsewhere in the book. Light rubbing to joints and corners faint staining to upper cover. Bookplate of sportsman Harry Worcester Smith 1865-1945. Half red morocco slipcase and chemise. Brown Paul. Deluxe Issue no. 17 of 50 copies signed by Brown on the half-title and with a full page pen-and-ink drawing signed and dated by Brown. Illustrated by the Author and from photographs. Introduction by Henry G. Vaughn M.F.H. 191 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Deluxe Issue with Original Drawing. The beautiful deluxe issue of this classic of steeplechasing with the bookplate of first owner Harry Worcester Smith famous sportsman and well-known sporting author. The original drawing of riders along the sidelines of the race appears as an illustration at p. 104 in the printed book with the caption "Some led some ridden they stop pathetically to watch the race". Siegel 35; Frazier B-17-D; Podeschi p. 375 The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259584

‎BROADSIDE Fencing‎

‎Accademia d'Armi da Eseguirsi il Giorno Ventisei Agosto in San Zeno in Monte Dalli Signori Alunni del Collegio de'Molto RR. PP. Somaschi‎

‎Verona 1795. Printed broadside with hand-colored border and ornaments. 85.5 x 47.5 mm. Creased from prior folding small tape-repair to verso. Printed broadside with hand-colored border and ornaments. 85.5 x 47.5 mm. Exceedingly rare advertisement broadside for a fencing performance organized and directed by Benedetto Lauberg fencing teacher. The broadside lists the attendants and notes that there will be a dance interlude. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259602

‎Connett Eugene V. 3rd Hopkinson Cecil‎

‎Collecting Golf Books 1743-1938. At head of title: Aspects of Book Collecting‎

‎London: Constable 1938. First edition. 56 pp. interleaved. 1 vols. 12mo. Original orange cloth. Fine copy with the bookplate of Eugene V. Connett 3rd. First edition. 56 pp. interleaved. 1 vols. 12mo. One of a series "Aspects of Book-Collecting" this work contains chapters on early references to golf bilbiographies none of any consequence had yet appeared poetry and various categories of golfing books: Rules Instruction Histories Annuals Fiction etc. plus a section on Americana. The book was also issued in paper covers. Here with choice provenance from the library of the founder of the Derrydale Press Eugene V. Connett 3rd. Donovan and Murdoch 21420 Constable unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259603

‎Walton Izaac‎

‎The Universal Angler Made so by Three Books of Fishing. The First Written by Mr. Izaak Walton; The Second by Charles Cotton Esq.; The Third by Col. Robert Venables. All which may be bound together or sold each of them severally‎

‎London: Printed for Richard Marriott; printed by B.W. for B. Tooke 1676. Fifth edition of Walton first edition of Cotton fourth edition of Venables. Three parts in one volume. Pt. I: Engraved piscatorial title page 10 small copperplates of fish 2 pages of music; pt. II: engraved cipher on title page; pt III: engraved piscatorial frontispiece by F.H. Van Houe the same 10 copperplate illustrations as in part I. License leaf present in part II. 1 vols. 16mo. Nineteenth-century full red straight grained morocco spine gilt a.e.g. Bookplates. Small paper flaw in margin of Venable title page. Fine. Cloth slipcase and chemise. Fifth edition of Walton first edition of Cotton fourth edition of Venables. Three parts in one volume. Pt. I: Engraved piscatorial title page 10 small copperplates of fish 2 pages of music; pt. II: engraved cipher on title page; pt III: engraved piscatorial frontispiece by F.H. Van Houe the same 10 copperplate illustrations as in part I. License leaf present in part II. 1 vols. 16mo. The last edition published in Walton's lifetime and the first in which his name appears on the title page. "In many respects it is the most interesting of the five lifetime editions" Coigney. It is the first appearance of Cotton's work. Coigney 6; Westwood & Satchell p. 219; Wing W666 & C6381 Printed for Richard Marriott; printed by B.W. for B. Tooke unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259942

‎Whitney William C.‎

‎The Whitney Stud‎

‎New York: Printed for private circulation at the Press of Styles and Cash 77 Eighth Avenue 1903. First edition. Title page printed within red border. xliv 594 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Half brown morocco and green cloth. a.e.g. by W. Roach N.Y. Headcap slightly rubbed else very good plus. First edition. Title page printed within red border. xliv 594 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Presentation Copy Inscribed at Saratoga 1903. Record of the stallions and broodmares owned by William C. Whitney of Westbury Long Island from the 1860s to 1902. In his preface Whitney wrote "Of the eighty-one mares in this stud only twelve are without racing records; sixty-four of the mares ran in 2482 races won over 25% of them and were placed in 36% of the remainder." Inscribed: "To Mr. Rudolph Ellis with the sincere regards of W.C. Whitney Saratoga Aug. 1903" and a descendant's bookplate. Podeschi 288 [Printed for private circulation at the Press of Styles and Cash, 77 Eighth Avenue] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 265754

‎Williams Roger D. Compiler‎

‎The Foxhound Stud Book published by the Authority of the National Foxhunters' Association. 1910. Volume III‎

‎Lexington Ky 1910. First Edition. Frontispiece illus. with portraits of MFHs 163 9 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Blue and white cloth. First Edition. Frontispiece illus. with portraits of MFHs 163 9 ads pp. 1 vols. 12mo. with photo laid in. Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 412 note unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 266052

‎Boyer Ralph L.‎

‎FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT". The complete set of ORIGINAL STEEL PRINTING PLATES with a suite of the six aquatint portraits‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. 6 vols. Image size is apx.10-1/4 x 8 inches each plate measuring apx. 13-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches including margins. Fine condition. In six custom blue half morocco folding boxes. 6 vols. Image size is apx.10-1/4 x 8 inches each plate measuring apx. 13-1/2 x 9-1/2 inches including margins. The six portraits each set in an appropriate background are of: SAMUEL MORRIS ESQ. Foxhunter first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON "Napoleon of the Turf"; COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON Foxhunter; COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS Yachtsman owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club; THADDEUS NORRIS ESQ. Angler author of The American Angler's Book who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing; HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT ESQ. "Frank Forester" the father of American sporting literature. Published in an edition of 250. UNIQUE SET OF THE ORIGINAL PRINTING PLATES FOR ONE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE OF THE DERRYDALE PRESS SPORTING PRINTS SERIES. Ordeman pp. 24-25 & p. 56 The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261098

‎Woodward William Lloyd Thomas Ivester‎

‎Gallant Fox. Bay Colt 1927 By Sir Galahad III - Marguerite . Winner of the Flash Junior Champion Wood Preakness Kentucky Derby . World's Greatest Money Winner in 1931 total winnings $341365. Property of William Woodward Esquire. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons‎

‎N.p. 1937. WIth Jockey "Earl Sands" up. Color lithographic print after the oil painting by Lloyd. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. 1 vols. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Matted and framed. Fine. WIth Jockey "Earl Sands" up. Color lithographic print after the oil painting by Lloyd. Signed by the artist in pencil at lower right. 1 vols. 17-3/4 x 13-3/4 plate size. Woodward's 'Gallant Fox' - Thoroughbred Portrait by Ivester Lloyd. Only Known Existing Example with the Jockey Up. Beautiful specimen of the rarest issue of a sporting print commissioned by William Woodward New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland who also commissioned the two most sought after books of the press 'Gallant Fox A Memoir' and 'Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses' In his survey of the sporting prints of the Derrydale Press John Ordeman recorded the known prints produced for William Woodward including two portraits of 'Gallant Fox': the 1937 aquatint produced by Eugene V. Connett 3rd and an entry for a print with rider up conjecturally assigned the same date although Ordeman did not see a copy private communication. The present print is a color lithograph produced by the same process as Woodward's print of the painting of Brown Betty by T.P. Earl known in two examples. Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-7 108 not seen; Siegel p. 234 unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 263428

‎Clark Roland‎

‎Album of 6 etchings and aquatint engravings from the personal collection of Eugene V. Connett 3d‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1939. Each print of a small limitation as noted. 3 etchings 3 aquatint engravings colored by hand each signed or inscribed by the artist. 1 vols. Folio. Recent half red morocco album printed title leaf each print window matted in heavy card mounts by Aquarius. Fine. Each print of a small limitation as noted. 3 etchings 3 aquatint engravings colored by hand each signed or inscribed by the artist. 1 vols. Folio. A beautiful presentation of Roland Clark prints from the personal collection of Eugene V. Connett III publisher of the Derrydale Press. Comprising: 1 "Home Waters" Drypoint etching first proof impression of a scene of nine ducks in flight used as the frontispiece to the large-format Derrydale retrospective of Roland Clark's Etchings with the title "The Morning Flight". The published etching includes Clark's monogram in lower left added subsequent to this proof. Ordeman does not note a proof impression in his discussion of the published book. This print is signed and inscribed by the artist "First Proof - to Gene Connett June 10 1938"; in the foreword to the book Connett writes "My friend Roland Clark has asked me to write a short foreword to this book of his etchings and as I obviously admire his work it is a great pleasure for me to accede to his request. . That his art has received widespread recognition in this country is common knowledge; but it is not so well known that a large number of his etchings have been sold abroad where the quality of his work is highly appreciated." The foreword is dated June 14 1938. A unique state of this print with a fine and meaningful association. 2 "Bluebird Weather" Drypoint etching first proof impression 1938. 3 "The Alarm" hand colored aquatint 1937. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1. 4 "The Scout" hand colored aquatint 1938. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1. 5 "Winter Marsh. Canvasback" hand colored aquatint 1937. Edition of 250. Copy no. 1. 6 "A Memory". Drypoint etching of twelve ducks in flight above a marsh 1928. Edition of 75. Inscribed to Mrs. Connett. Roland Clark's Etchings 1938 no. 29. Ordeman To Keep a Tryst with the Dawn pp. 107-8; Siegel 139; Frazier C-7 The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261129

‎Woodward William Lloyd Thomas Ivester; STAINFORTH Martin‎

‎Gallant Fox" with: "Omaha" and: "Johnstown‎

‎New York: privately printed by The Derrydale Press 1939. Gallant Fox" state without jockey. Size of editions unknown each print produced in very limited quantities. Three sporting aquatint engravings the first finely hand colored the others in uncolored state. Oblong folio 24 x 37 inches. Half red morocco album red morocco label gilt on upper cover printed title leaf each print window matted in heavy card mount by Aquarius. Fine. Gallant Fox" state without jockey. Size of editions unknown each print produced in very limited quantities. Three sporting aquatint engravings the first finely hand colored the others in uncolored state. Oblong folio 24 x 37 inches. Beautiful presentation of an exceedingly rare Derrydale sporting print commissioned by William Woodward New York banker and owner of the Bel Air Stud in Maryland who also commissioned two of the most desirable books of the press 'Gallant Fox A Memoir' and 'Cherished Portraits of Thoroughbred Horses'. With the finest possible association inscribed lower left "To Eugene V. Connett from William Woodward". With two further examples of the privately printed thoroughbred portraits commissioned by Woodward "Omaha" and "Johnstown" after paintings by the noted artist Martin Stainforth who painted eleven equestrian portraits for Woodward. Connett's records indciated that only 10 copies of Omaha were produced Ordeman. Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-7 108; Siegel p. 234 privately printed by The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261134

‎King Edward‎

‎The Aiken Drag. Proof before Letters the marked Colorist's Model for this hand-colored lithograph with a copy of the finished print‎

‎New York: Derrydale Press 1929. Edition of 80. 16-1/4 x 9 inches. Half green morocco album printed title each print window matted in heavy card mounts. Fine. Edition of 80. 16-1/4 x 9 inches. The original colorist's model for King's scene of this South Carolina hunt in full cry through a field on the edge of a pine forest. An early Derrydale sporting print issued in one of the smallest limitations just 80 copies. With a fine example of the finished print unsigned. Ordeman 2005 p. 60 Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261142

‎Frost John‎

‎Maryland Marsh Original Colorist's Model of the Derrydale Press Sporting Print‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1936. Published in an edition of 150 unnumbered. Aquatint engraving from a proof before letters trimmed fully colored by the artist marked in pencil "Model OK". With an example of the published print: hand-colored aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower left. 19-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches on a larger sheet. Trimmed. Some soiling in outer margins short chips along left edge archival tape repair on verso of lower left corner torn no loss. Published in an edition of 150 unnumbered. Aquatint engraving from a proof before letters trimmed fully colored by the artist marked in pencil "Model OK". With an example of the published print: hand-colored aquatint engraving signed by the artist in pencil lower left. 19-1/2 x 13-1/4 inches on a larger sheet. Colorist's Model for 'Maryland Marsh'. The original watercolor model prepared by the artist the use of the colorist of the Derrydale sporting aquatint of a rail bird shooting scene. John Frost 1890-1937 was the son of American artist A.B. Frost 1851-1928 and a friend of Eugene V. Connett publisher of the Derrydale Press whose personal collection included Maryland Marsh the original painting commissioned by Connett in 1934. John Frost is known to have been closely involved in painting the colorists' models for the Derrydale prints of his father's paintings published in 1933-4 and would have produced the color model for the published editon of the print. UNIQUE AND IMPORTANT SURVIVAL. Ordeman 2005 pp 52-4 illustrated 105. Provenance: J. Ordeman M.L. Biscotti F. Teroerde The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261104

‎Pleissner Ogden M.‎

‎Setting up on Horseshoe Pond - Delta Marsh" print depicting two hunters with decoys in a boat‎

‎North American Wildlife Foundation - Delta Project 1981. Edition of 275. 1 vols. 17 x 26-1/2 inches image size. Unframed. Signed by the artist in pencil on the mount "Ogden M. Pleissner. Edition of 275. 1 vols. 17 x 26-1/2 inches image size. Bergh p. 107 no. 27 North American Wildlife Foundation - Delta Project unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 58280

‎Richardson Lee‎

‎You Should Have Been Here Yesterday. With a preface by Roderick Haig-Brown‎

‎Beaverton Oregon: The Touchstone Press 1974. First edition No. 228 of 1200 copies; signed by the author on dedication page. Illustrated with color photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Original cream cloth green rexine spine. A fine copy in plain paper dust jacket. First edition No. 228 of 1200 copies; signed by the author on dedication page. Illustrated with color photographs. 1 vols. 8vo. Fly Fishing Around the World. The author's adventures fly fishing around the world nicely illustrated. Bruns R-59 The Touchstone Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 243735

‎Clark Roland‎

‎Tranquility‎

‎New York: Frank Lowe 1946. Number 55 of 250 copies. Aquatint etching hand colored signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 18-3/4 x 14 inches on a larger sheet. Faint toning. Fine. Number 55 of 250 copies. Aquatint etching hand colored signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 18-3/4 x 14 inches on a larger sheet. One of the fine sporting prints published by Frank Lowe continuing the series of prints published by the Derrydale Press from 1937 to 1942. Ordeman 2005 pp. 37-48 and 104; Reuter pp. 142-3 Frank Lowe unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 264663

‎Norway Dalrymple Hamilton Col. Sir North‎

‎Alten. Red Letter Days. The Salmon Fishing Diaries of . Edited and Compiled by Roy Flury‎

‎Cambridge: Privately printed at the Ascencius Press by Charles B. Wood III 2009. Collectors' edition no. 17 of 19 copies on large paper. Illustrated. 106 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Quarter reddish-brown morocco spine gilt paste paper over boards with french tips by Gray Parrot. As new in cloth folding box with morocco spine label. Collectors' edition no. 17 of 19 copies on large paper. Illustrated. 106 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Deluxe Edition one of 19 Copies. Finely printed and well illustrated edition of the salmon fishing diaries of Col. Dalrymple-Hamilton on the sporting waters of the Alten river in northern Norway leased to his friend the Duke of Roxburghe. The diaries cover the years 1913 1920-1923 and 1929 with a chapter on subsequent trips. The diaries have been edited by Roy Flury author with Theodore Dalenson of Alten 1991 and Alten Reflections 1993. Another superb production by Charles B. Wood. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 13 Privately printed [at the Ascencius Press] by Charles B. Wood III unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 246419

‎Boyer Ralph L.‎

‎FATHERS OF AMERICAN SPORT". The ORIGINAL SIX WATERCOLORS of this famous Derrydale Press set signed by the artist "R.L. Boyer". Together with a set of PROOFS BEFORE LETTERS with what is evidently the artist's modelling and coloring each signed by him in pencil one unsigned is in print state with legend engraved in lower margin‎

‎New York: The Derrydale Press 1931. From an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today. 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins. The watercolors are handsomely and uniformly matted in fine French mats; the proofs in a more simple uniform matting; a few of the watercolors show faint foxing but both sets are clean bright and highly attractive. Custom half morocco slipcase and cloth chemise. From an edition of 250 signed sets. Ordeman notes that "it is rare that one finds a complete set today". 1 vols. Image size of the prints is approximately 10 x 8 inches the plate measuring 13 x 9-1/2 inches with additional margins. Each plate is archivally matted; the paintings measure 12 x 9-12 inches and are docketed and captioned in pencil in the lower margins. Boyer's Originals. An extremely handsome and decorative set of American sporting notables. The six portraits each set in an appropriate background are of: SAMUEL MORRIS ESQ. Foxhunter first president of the Gloucester Foxhunting Club America's oldest; COL. WILLIAM RANSOM JOHNSON "Napoleon of the Turf"; COL. GEORGE WASHINGTON Foxhunter; COMMODORE JOHN COX STEVENS Yachtsman owner of the "America" and a founder of the New York Yacht Club; THADDEUS NORRIS ESQ. Angler author of The American Angler's Book who did much to elevate and advance the art of fly fishing; HENRY WILLIAM HERBERT ESQ. "Frank Forester" the father of American sporting literature. Boyer's watercolors done in larger size were reduced to edition dimensions of approximately 10 x 8 inches. The proof prints before letters have been reworked by Boyer who has signed each one and show a depth and richness of modelling that the published edition for all its beauty does not. This set was one of the finest productions of The Derrydale Press Sporting Print Series. We believe the set of proofs to be unique and the original paintings are of course unquestionably so. Both have survived in prime condition to delight the collector and historian of the American sporting scene. A UNIQUE TREASURE OF AMERICAN SPORTING ART. Ordeman The Aquatints Drypoints and Etchings of The Derrydale Press p. 24-5 et seq The Derrydale Press unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261099

‎Pleissner Ogden M.‎

‎Dawn on the Duck Marsh" print depicting two hunters at a duck blind‎

‎New York: The Crossroads of Sport 1978. Edition of 280. 1 vols. 16 x 26 inches image size. Matted framed and glazed. Signed by the artist in pencil on the mount "Ogden M. Pleissner. Edition of 280. 1 vols. 16 x 26 inches image size. Inscribed to Rudy Coigney. Inscribed on the mount: "To my friend 'Rudy' Coigney with best wishes - Ogden.". Bergh p. 107 no. 22 The Crossroads of Sport unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 58282

‎Reeves Richard Stone‎

‎Thoroughbreds I Have Known. With foreword by Whitney Tower and commentary by Juno Cole Weyer‎

‎New York: A.S. Barnes 1973. No. 32 of 60 deluxe copies signed by the author with a portfolio of four signed collotype reproductions. With 52 full color plates and other illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 4to. Original full burgundy morocco gilt borders and ornaments on upper cover panelled spine with emblematic devices t.e.g. A FINE COPY in publisher's original morocco-backed folding box. Reeves Richard Stone. No. 32 of 60 deluxe copies signed by the author with a portfolio of four signed collotype reproductions. With 52 full color plates and other illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 4to. A splendid collection of thoroughbred portraits by America's foremost painter of horses. A.S. Barnes unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 259604

‎Woodward William Stainforth Martin; MEGARGEE Edwin; EARL TP. T. P.‎

‎Thoroughbred Portraits: Album of 9 Equestrian Portraits by Stainforth and others‎

‎New York: privately printed at the Derrydale Press etc. 1948. Privately printed in editions of very limited quantities. 8 aquatint engravings hand colored and 1 color print. Image size 12-3/4 x 17-1/2 on larger sheet. Large oblong folio 23 x 36-1/2 inches. Half red morocco gilt red morocco label on upper cover printed title leaf each print window matted in heavy card mount by Aquarius. Fine. Privately printed in editions of very limited quantities. 8 aquatint engravings hand colored and 1 color print. Image size 12-3/4 x 17-1/2 on larger sheet. Large oblong folio 23 x 36-1/2 inches. William Woodward's Winners' Circle. Superb presentation of a distinguished group of thoroughbred portraits by Martin Stainforth T.P. Earl and Edwin Megargee comprising: 1. Faireno. Bay Colt 1929 by Chatterton-Minerva; Winner of the Victoria Stakes Junior Champion Belmont Stakes Shevlin Dwyer Lawrence Realization Saratoga Hawthorne Empire City Merchant's & Citizens Rochambeau and Havre de Grace Handicaps. Champion 3 - year old of 1932. Winner of $185140 in stakes and purses. Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. Inscribed in pencil: "To William G. Loew from William Woodward" 2. Brown Betty. by Friar Marcus-Garpal 1930; Winner of the 1000 Guineas 1933. Richemount Stakes Hurst Park 1933 The Rous Memorial & Cheverly Park Stakes Newmarket 1932 Nottingham Breeders' Foal Stakes Champion Breeders' Foal Plate Derby 1932 Total winnings 11637 Pounds Sterling. Ridden by Joe Childs. The Property of William Woodward Esquire. Trained by Capt. Cecil Boyd Rochfort. Color print signed in the plate by the artist and pencil signed by the artist "T.P. Earl" lower right. Inscribed in pencil: "To Wm Goodby Loew from William Woodward" This print not noted by Ordeman. 3. Omaha. Chesnut Colt 1932 by Gallant Fox-Flambino; Winner of the Kentucky Derby Preakness Belmont Dwyer Classic and other races; Champion 3 - year-old of 1935. Winner of $146105 to the end of his 3 - year-old year. Jockey W. Saunders up. Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. Inscribed in pencil: "To Florence B. Loew from William Woodward" 4. Granville. Bay Colt 1933 by Gallant Fox-Gravita; Winner of the Belmont Classic Kenner Travers Lawrence Realization Stakes The Saratoga Cup and other races; Champion Horse of 1936. Winner of $111820. Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. Ridden by J. Stout. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. Inscribed in pencil: "To W. Goodby Loew from William Woodward" 5. Johnstown. Bay Colt 1936 by Jamestown-La France; Winner of the Belmont Kentucky Derby Withers Dwyer Wood Memorial Paumonok Breeders Futurity and seven other races and $169315. Owned by William Woodward Esquire. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. Inscribed in pencil: "To W. Goodly Loew from William Woodward" 6. Marguerite . Property of William Woodward Esquire" a fine portrait of the "premier producing mare of the world". Hand colored aquatint signed in pencil "Edwin Megargee" at lower right. Provenance: from the collection of Eugene V. Connett 3rd with a greeting card "Merry Christmas William Woodward" 7. Fenelon. Bay Horse 1937 by Sir Galahad III-Filante; Winner of Travers Stakes Lawrence Realization Jockey Club Gold Cup Whitney Stakes Brooklyn Empire City New York Merchant's & Citizens Manhattan Endurance Handicaps and other races and $152545. Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. 8. Apache. Bay Colt 1939 by Alcazar-Flying Song; Winner of 22 races and $169515 including the Toboggan Paumonck Carter Wilson Fleetwing Bay Shore Edgemere Yonkers Empire City and Remsen Handicaps and Stakes establishing five track records from five and one half furlongs to one mile and three sixteenths. Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. James Stout up. Trained by James E. Fitzsimmons.  Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate by Stainforth. 9. Black Tarquin at 3. Bay Colt 1945 by Rhodes Scholar-Vagrancy; Winner of the St. Leger Stakes 1948 and of the Gimcrack Royal Lodge Derby Trial St James Palace Chippenham Burwell and White Rose Stakes; and of 32192 Pounds Sterling Bred and owned by William Woodward Esquire. Edgar Britt up. Trained by Capt. Cecil Boyd Rochfort. Hand colored aquatint signed in the plate Stainforth. A choice group of the sporting prints commissioned by William Woodward owner of the Belair Stables. "Brown Betty" by T.P. Earl 1874-1947 is previously unrecorded and never seen by Ordeman whose 2005 book collected prior knowledge on the prints. One other print by British artist T.P. Earl Flares is noted by Ordeman date unknown but in personal communication he reports that his information comes at second hand. and has never seen "Brown Betty". The print is however in the collection of the Belair Mansion Museum established after Woodward's death at his Maryland residence. Brown Betty won the 1933 1000 Guineas race and the painting by T.P. Earl that Woodward commissioned is dated 1933 in the plate. The paper and production of this color print differ from the aquatint horse portraits commissioned from Connett and Frank Lowe. Given the date of the portrait we conjecture that Woodward commissioned the print in London and thus it may predate and be the point of origin for the series of prints commissioned from Connett. In recent conversation Ordeman advanced a similar hypothesis. The Megargee print "Marguerite" with her colt Gallant Fox is from the collection of Derrydale Press publisher Eugene V. Connett 3rd. Rare and important. Ordeman 2005 pp. 96-98; Mitchell British Equestrian Artists: "Stainforth's detail and accuracy in likeness were very fine and very natural. He avoided the pitfalls of flatness and photographic stiffness so often found in this type of work." Provenance: descendant of the Loew family see note at "Marguerite" privately printed at the Derrydale Press, etc. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 261135

‎Clark Roland‎

‎Seclusion‎

‎New York: Frank Lowe 1945. Number 35 of 250 copies. Aquatint etching hand colored signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 18-3/4 x 14 inches on a larger sheet. Faint toning. Fine. Number 35 of 250 copies. Aquatint etching hand colored signed by the artist in pencil. 1 vols. 18-3/4 x 14 inches on a larger sheet. One of the fine sporting prints published by Frank Lowe continuing the series of prints published by the Derrydale Press from 1937 to 1942. Ordeman 2005 pp. 37-48 and 104; Reuter pp. 142-3 Frank Lowe unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 264660

‎Surtees Robert Smith‎

‎Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds. In the Original 12 Parts‎

‎London: Bradbury and Evans 1864. First edition first issue of part 1 front cover with title reading "Mr. Romford's Hounds. 24 hand-colored etched plates after John Leech and H.K. Browne "Phiz" pictorial title. 1 vols. 8vo. Original brick-red pictorial wrappers. Most spines repaired otherwise a fine set. In crimson morocco pull-off case and cloth chemise. Leech John. First edition first issue of part 1 front cover with title reading "Mr. Romford's Hounds". 24 hand-colored etched plates after John Leech and H.K. Browne "Phiz" pictorial title. 1 vols. 8vo. His Last Book in the Original Parts. Desirable set of Surtees' last book which neither he nor Leech lived to see through the press. H.K. Browne completed the illustrations. The ads largely correspond to Tooley with the following variants: back insert in part 2 same as part 1; part 6 without notice of Lever title; part 7 no slip; part 8 back wrapper as 6 with slip for Mr & Mrs Asheton; part 10 insert not on colored stock; part 12 no insert back wrapper same as part 1. Tooley 475; Biscotti Six Centuries of Foxhunting p. 364 Bradbury and Evans unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 245810